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w. BORCHEBT. TAG.

APPLICATION FILED JULY M1920.

1,412,998. Patented p 18, 1922.

s We WILLIAM Boaonnn'r, or ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented Apr. 18, 122.

Application filed July 15, 1920. Serial No. 396,564.

To all whom it may concern: f

Belt known that 1, WILLIAM BORGHERT, a

citizen of the United States, residing at adapted for use in laundries and similar places for identifying by. a distinguishing mark placed onthe tag, the ownership of an article of apparel, or anyarticle to whichthe tag is attached. I The primary object of my invention, s to provide a tag of the kind generally known as a staple tag, of generally improved construction and possessing various features of advantage to the user as will be more fully pointed out hereinafter. v

One of the important objects of my invention resides in "the provision of a fabric body tag equipped with metallic fastening spurs, and so constructed that each edge of the fabric piece from which the body is made is turned in, in a particularly advantageous manner to prevent unravelling and fraylng of the edges This fraying very frequently occurs in the ordinary staple tags now on the market when the garments and tags'are passed through the various washing ma- 7 chines in a laundry, with the result that the fabric body becomes loosened from the staples and pulled out. 7 Another object is the provision of a novel fastening means which permits attachment of the mark-receiving body to a garment in a very substantial manner and obviates the danger of tags loosening and being lost in the wash. w 1

Still another important object is the arrangement of themetallic fastening means in such novel manner on the fabric tag body as to give a marking surface of maximum length, and unlimited by reason of the presence of metallic spurs found on the face of other staple tags. In other "words, I have so arranged the fastening staples as to allow an uninterrupted marking surface from end to end of the fabric body, thus enabling the type characters to form impressions throughout the length of the tag. In this regard, I have also aimed to arrange'the metallic fastening staples and fabric body in such co-operative relation that said staples will not be injurious to metallic type used in marking machines for marking these tags.

My invention also contemplates shaping the fabric body and pliable metal staples in such novel manner as to promote economy in manufacture and secure various advantages to the user. The fabric body and spurs by reason of their peculiar construction, are so united that the spurs pass through a reinforced body and are thus so united to the fabric body as to preclude tearing or dis placement of the body from the staples after the taghas been attached to a garment. Furthermore, the fabric body is so constructed that it'cannot unravel or'fray' at the edges and presents with the auxiliary backing, a

tends from end, to end of the tag, thus giv ing a maximum marking-length for a tag of. its size. 1' i Other objects and attendant advantages will be appreciated by those familiar with the art as the invention becomes better understood by reference to the following de- 'scription when considered in connection w1th the accompanylng drawlngs, in whichfirm marking body, the surface of which ex- Figure 1 is a view of a fabric blank, forming a part of my improved tag;

Fig. 2, a view showing the end flaps turned in;

Fig. 3, a view showing the side flaps turned over the end flaps;

. Fig. 4, a view of a staple blank;

Fig. 5, the blank bent to U-shape for piercing the fabric body;

Fig. 6, shows a staple pressed through the underside of a folded fabric body;

Fig. 7, an enlarged face view of one end of the tag with the spurs of the staple bent in operative holding position; Fig. 8, a cross-sectional view taken on the line 88 of Fig. 7; V

Fig. 9, a side view of the end of the tag shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 10, a face view of a complete tag, marked.

While the tag herein illustrated has been particularly designed for laundry use in a well known manner, it should be understood that it is adapted for a wider range of use, that is, for attachment 'to other articles and materials than those customarily tagged in a laundry. The tag is of the kind known as a staple tag, so designated because of the staple at each end for attaching it to a garment.

As a matter of explanation, it might be mentioned that the fabric blanks and the pliable metal staples which make up the present tag are blanked out and assembled by means of an automatic machine, that is, one which performs the several blanking and assembling. operations automatically. The fabric body which receives the marking impression is cut to the shape indicated in Fig. 1, from a stri ofv fabric. This strip of any suitable lengt is generally in a roll, and by feeding the strip through cutting dies it is cut off consecutively into blanks designated generally by the character .12. It will be noted that the corners of this rectangular blank are cut away forming end and side flaps 13 and 14- respectively, the intermediate portion 15 constituting a major body portion for the reception of the marking impressions. It shouldbe understood, of course, that this blanking operation might be performed in any suitable manner. The first operation after blanking is to fold the end flaps13 over the underside of the body 15 as shown in Fig. 2. The side flaps 14.- are then folded over the end flaps in the manner shown in Fig. 2, thus producing a rectangular fabric body, every edge of which is lapped to prevent'fraying and unravelling. It will be further noted that the three-ply corners afforda substantial reinforced body through which the staples are pierced for attaching the tag.- By reason of this construction, the body has in itself, suflicient strength and material to obviate'the necessity of an auxiliary filling as is frequently used in othertags. The face 16 of the fabric body lying on top of the flaps 13 and 14 constitutes the marking surface, and as will be presently seen, this surface is available from end to end for marking purposes, whereas, in other makes of staple tagsthe top face or marking surface is interrupted by metallic spurs, the position of which necessarily limit the length of the surface which may be marked.

Coming now to the fastening staples, by means of which the fabric bodies are respectively attached to a garment or piece of material, it "should be noted that my invention contemplates associating these staples with the fabric body in such novel manner as to prevent both the staples from pulling away from the garment and the fabric body from the staples under the exigencies of usage and to allow the full length marking surface mentioned above. A staple'blank in its preferred shape is shown in Fig. 4 and should be cut from pliable non-rustable sheet metal, It will be observed that the staple blank is shaped to provide a medial body portion or shank 17, pointed spurs 18 on 19 to U-shape, as shown in Fig. 5.

shoulders 19 and 21 at the neck of the spurs.

These metal blanks are bent at their corners One of these staples is then driven through each end of the fabric body from the underside thereof as shown in Fig. 6, so that the spurs pass through the three-ply body at each corner thereof. Assuming now that a tag equipped with staples as shown in Fig. 6, is inverted, the spurs 18 will project up from the mark-receiving face 16 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 8. These spurs are now turned outwardly and downwardly at right angles-to the plane of the marking face in the manner shown in full lines in said figure. A tag thus assembled is complete and ready for attachment to a garment or any suitable piece of material. The downwardly proj ecting spurs 18 may be pressed through the material and then turned inwardly into overlapping relationas indicated by dotted lines inFig. 7 the pointed ends of the spurs being pressed upwardly toward and embedded in the body of thegarment so as to retain its clinched or" holding position and prevent scratching. A tag may be thusattached'to a j piece of material either by hand or means of a suitable tag-afiixing device.

Attention is directed to Fig. '10, which shows a face View of my improved tag,

-marked National from which it will. be

noted that the marking face of the tag is uninterrupted from end to end,thus permitting a maximum number of type characters to be used on atag ofa. given length.

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This result is due to the novel arrangement of the fastening staples which neither pierce nor extend over the marli -receiving area of the tag. Instead,=.however, the shank portion 17 of each staple is arranged beneath the fabric mark-receiving surface. and only that portionwof the stapleYbetween' the shoulders 19' and 21. appears above the marking surface. These shoulders 19 and 21 facilitate accurate bendingof the staple at the requisite points. It will be especially noted that three thicknessesof fabric cover the shank portion 17 and thus insure ample protection against marring the metallic type used in a marking machine. In other words, these tags may be marked from end to end by a mechanical marking machine without injury to the type characters thereof. By reason of my improvements, a maximum marking surface isavailable with a tag of given size, consequently a tag for the reception of a maximum number of characters ordinarily used may be made much.

smaller, produced more economically and shipped in less bulky packages than other tags for the same purpose. The staples further function .in holding the overlapped edges securely in their proper position, it.

being noted that the fabric is held by double bends of the staplesi' Viewing Fig. 6, it will be manifest that a staple in piercing the corners in the manner shown and by reason of its shank portion 17 traversing the side flaps 14, holds these parts against displacement and upon bending the spurs l8 outwardly through about 180 degrees to the position shown in Fig. 8, the staple effectually locks the fabric flaps in position. It will be further noted that all of the edges of the finished tag are folded, thus precluding unravelling and fraying and further providing a multiply fabric body with the Warp and weft threads of one ply transverse to those of another so as to effect a very substantial construction preventing the fabric tag from pulling away from the staples. And by reason of the peculiar shape the staples and their arrangement on the fabric body, the spurs when finally bent in for securing a tag to a garment do not interfere and cause one spur to project unsheathed, a source of danger to the wearer. Instead, special provision has been made for ample clearance between the spurs so that when they are folded down either by hand, machine or otherwise, a compact arrangement is secured and the spur points may be each pressed into the fabric of the garment, and thus rendered harmless.

It is believed that the foregoing conveys a clear understanding of the principles and objects of my invention, and while I have illustrated in the drawing but a single working embodiment thereof, it should be understood that various changes might be made in the construction and arrangement without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims: in which I claim:

1. A tag of the character described comprising a rectangular strip of fabric cut away at each corner to provide end and side flaps and an intermediate body portion,

said flaps being folded over said body portion to provide a reduced rectangular tag body, the cornerstof which are reinforced, and metallic spurs piercing said corners and adapted to secure the tag to a piece of material. V v v 2. A tag of the character described com prising a rectangular strip of fabric out way at each corner to provide end and side flaps and an intermediate body portion, said ends being folded under said body portion and the sides folded under the ends and said body portion, and a substantially U-shaped staple for each end of the tag so associated therewith as to pierce each reinforced corner and present fastening spurs depending from the underside of the mark-receiving body. 3. A. tag of the character described, comprising a rectangular fabric body, the corners of which are cut away forming end flaps and side flaps, and anintermediate portion adapted for the reception of marking impressions, said side and end flaps being turned in under said mark-receiving portion, and means passing through the threeply corners of the tag for securing said flaps in co-operative relation with the mark-receiving portion of the tag.

at. A staple tag comprising a fabric markreceiving body having its ends and sides folded under, and a metallic staple forfastening each end of the fabric body to a iece of material, each staple having fastening spurs piercing the multi-ply corners of the body and having its medial'portion extending across the folded under sides for holding them against displacement.

WILLIAM BORCHERT. 

